Legal Research

Whither neutral citation
I’ve been reading this week about the birth, death, and possible rebirth of the vendor-neutral citation movement. Proponents believe that neutral citation of judicial opinions in a free web environment will support equal access to justice by putting more legal information into the hands of all lawyers and the public...

Citation percolation
The citation discussion has percolated nicely, with lots of good comments. Before I chime in with my take, I'd like to ask a question:In judicial opinions, the citation form is almost always wrong...

creative citation
The Volokh Conspiracy blawg reports that a recent brief to a federal court contained an unusual and complicated citation to an opinion. Rather than cite the slip opinion according to conventional citation standards, the brief's author provided a complicated set...

Regarding the Thompson '08 campaign (sic transit gloria mundi)
I've been pondering what I ought to write about Fred Thompson's withdrawl from the 2008 presidential race after the South Carolina GOP primary. Usually I'm not much of a pure "linker" as a blogger, because I figure most of you who find your way here already have your own regular reads, and you really don't look to me for recommendations...

So Many Lives Untried
Heart, we will forget him! You and I, to-night! You may forget the warmth he gave, I will forget the light. When you have done, pray tell me, That I my thoughts may dim; Haste! lest while you're lagging, I...

Professional Reading: Garfield Video on 50 Years of Citation Indexing and Analysis
Eugene Garfield reflects on the 50th anniversary of his citation indexing and searching work in this 11 minute interview. Topics include: how he got the original idea for citation indexing and searching what he was trying to change about the...